Advanced Food Ingredients Centre

122 Buckle Avenue, Saskatoon, SK

With over 25 years of experience in the food industry, the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre (Food Centre) has made strategic investments in fermentation to support startups and SMEs in scaling and commercializing health-beneficial products. Through its Advanced Food Ingredients Centre (AFIC2), the Food Centre offers a one-stop shop for fermented product innovation, from prototype development to commercialization.

AFIC2 is located at 122 Buckle Avenue, just south of our Agri-Food Innovation Centre (AFIC1) building. AFIC2 offers full-scale contract research and contract manufacturing services in fermentation, bioengineering, and downstream bioprocessing. In addition to processing, manufacturing, and commercialization services, the Food Centre offers process simulation, modeling, engineering, CAPEX, OPEX, ROI, profitability, and techno economical analysis to support the growing fermentation and bioengineering landscape in Canada.

Labs to Benchtop

Analytical lab
Process development and optimization lab
Culture types: bacterial, fungal, yeast, plant cells, algal
Product development and prototyping

Upstream Processing

Pilot Scale to Commercial Scale
Stirred Tank Bioreactors (10L to 10,000L)
Solid-State Bioreactors (1x10kg and 1 x 300 kg)

Downstream Processing

Centrifugation
High Shear Cell Lysing
Membrane Filtration
Pasteurization
Various Drying Equipment
- Convective Air
- Vacuum Microwave
- Lyophilizer
- Fluid Bed
- Spray Dryer

Products

Fermented Foods
Fermented Ingredients
Probiotics
Postbiotics
Enzymes
Bioactive Compounds
Crop Inoculants
Biocontrol Agents
Bioproducts
Precision Fermented

Process Authority Services for Acidic Foods

Advanced manufacturing and data-driven process analysis are currently offered through the program and gaining traction with clients. This initiative propels the Food Centre to be a vertical integration partner for extrusion, ingredients, fermentation and bioengineering, product development, etc., helping companies understand and make meaningful decisions based on the data processing methodologies.

More info on our program offerings: Food Centre Fermentation and Bioengineering Program

Key contact:
Pooba Ganeshan, Principal Scientist, Fermentation & Bioengineering email